now, but they were not always. And that is what we are hoping for by this suggestion of the national board being created.

Senator KILGORE. I was just acquainting you with the protests. Mrs. BRUCE. I am grateful to you for it.

Senator KILGORE. I am a firm believer in symphony orchestras. I like to hear them and I think a large percentage of the Members of Congress always are interested in hearing symphony orchestras, here or any place else.

Mr. BRUCE. I wonder if I could just suggest one or two considerations here for the consideration of the committee: This orchestra has existed for 15 years under the name "National Symphony Orchestra." It has been incorporated. It is quite conceivable that there might be the impression outside among, say, those who are interested in other orchestras like those in Boston and New York and Philadelphia, that this would be something in the way of stealing a march on them or getting around their plank.

However, another way of looking at it is what we really have ir mind, and that is that this orchestra has got to earn it way to pay its way.

It is not asking for any spot. It is here in the Nation's capital. It has done its chore in the Nation's Capital. It has done it successfully.

On account of that, it is able to obtain national financial support, and do it very readily, in the way of an endowment fund.

If, however, the people who would safeguard those funds are people who have been nationally recognized as trustworthy trustees, as those associated with the Secretary of the Treasury would be, here we have the rudimentary sustainment of an endowment fund, which people. would give to from this neighborhood, because they know the people that it would be entrusted to.

Why should Congress not affort this help to a musical organization in the District of Columbia, with regard to its name, very largely, so that there shall be a symphony orchestra available to this Capital, to the children of the Capital, to the school of the Capital, and all of those other attributes of a resident orchestra, and at the same time giving this encouragement to symphonic music, I should say, which would be a recognition of that as one of the arts which would extend to all of the symphony orchestras of the country for their benefit.

That would be more truly the national scope of such an action, as was suggested by this resolution than the very name itself— "National Symphony Orchestra."

Those are reasons which underlie this application.

Senate Joint Resolution 146

LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC

STATEMENT OF MRS. MARGARET HOPKINS WORRELL

(Witness sworn.)

Mrs. WORRELL. Mr. Chairman, I crave the indulgence and courtesy of your committee because our bill requesting incorporation of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic will be introduced today and will be presented to you later. Our incorporation bill

(S. 521), passed the Senate in 1939, and has just been reintroduced (S. J. Res. 146).

Of course you gentlemen know that the Civil War was fought by boys; the average age of whom was 19%1⁄2 years when they answered the call of their Commander in Chief, Abraham Lincoln.

After the conflict they formed an organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic. Their auxiliary, formed in 1869 in Portland, Maine, was composed of their mothers, their sisters, their wives and the Army nurses. However, in 1881, the blood kin of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the Union Army during the rebellion of 1861-65 formed a department in New Jersey under the name of the Loyal Ladies League, and 4 years later, or in 1885, they formed a national organization and changed their name to the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. The blood kin of all female lineal descendants, together with the mothers, sisters, wives and Army nurses, were all entitled to membership therein.

The growth of the order has been steady, and today it stands as the oldest and the most representative body of the blood kin patriotic women allied with the Grand Army of the Republic and the only organization permitted to use the name "Grand Army of the Republic.'

The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic are banded together, regardless of creed or religious sentiment, to promote loyalty to our country through obedience to its laws; to perpetuate the memory and heroic deeds of the veterans of the Civil War, Grand Army of the Republic; to inculcate the spirit of loyalty and service in the hearts of the children, giving special attention to the public schools; seeing that the children obtain proper education in the history of this Nation; presenting flags to the schools; instructing the children in the history of the flag, and establishing homes in the various States for the care of veterans and their wives in their declining years. Over $200,000 is expended annually for these homes.

This organization stands alone in its efforts and purpose-it is not an auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, whose name would cease and die when the last veteran of the Grand Army passes away and the organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic is no more and passes into history, but it does, and it alone, carries the name of its parent organization-authorized by them to perpetuate that name in their Order, "Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic." Mr. Chairman, and members of this committee, we earnestly request you to grant national incorporation of our order.

Mr. SOURWINE. Mr. Chairman, in addition to sending a general public notice of this hearing, specific notice was given to everyone who asked the committee that they be given notice.

Senator KILGORE. The hearing is now adjourned.

(Whereupon, at 2 p. m., Friday, March 22, 1946, the committee adjourned.)

APPENDIX

[H. R. 1128, 79th Cong., 1st sess.]

AN ACT To incorporate the Regular Veterans Association

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following-named persons, to wit: William M. Floyd, Alaska; Robert T. Secrest, Ohio; Anthony Fleger, Ohio; George A. Williams, Virginia; Frank E. McClernan, Maryland; Arthur L. McLaughlin, Colorado; Ellis L. Bubb, Maryland; Stanley Wandle, New Mexico; Floyd Wright, Texas; Otto Wolford, Texas; Randall Webbs, Wyoming; John Higgs, Kentucky; Jess Musgrave, Virginia; Edgar L. Lockman, Utah; Robert W. Scherer, Arizona; William H. McCormick, Arizona; Clavin S. Peeples, Montana; Henry E. Altiere, Florida; James C. Davis, Mississippi; Robert E. McElhaney, Nevada; Edward W. Haskell, Connecticut; Charles A. Wickliffe, District of Columbia; George C. Richardson, Wisconsin; Edward P. Kitzinger, North Dakota; Maurice Hotz, Michigan; John W. Hazard, Michigan; Richard A. Keonig, Nebraska; Joseph B. Konrady, South Dakota; James Quinn, New York; Everett G. Mays, North Carolina; Edgar J. Langdon, Pennsylvania; John H. Dryer, Illinois; Ray J. Bergeron, Illinois; and their associates and successors are hereby created a body corporate of the name "Regular Veterans Association" (hereinafter referred to as the "corporation").

SEC. 2. That the purpose of the corporation shall be: To promote loyal and unselfish service to the United States of America and to bear true faith and allegiance to its Constitution; to assist in the promotion of adequate and efficient national defense; to maintain and extend the institution of American freedom of speech, press, and religion; and to serve active, retired, disabled, and honorably discharged personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, their widows, widowers, children, and other dependents, in accordance with the provisions of this charter.

SEC. 3. Eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members shall be determined according to the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.

SEC. 4. The persons named in section 1, or their successors, are hereby authorized to complete or revise the organization of the corporation by the selection of officers, the adoption of a constitution and bylaws, and the doing of such other acts as may be necessary for such purpose.

SEC. 5. The corporation shall have perpetual succession and power

(a) To be sued and be sued;

(b) To take, hold, and dispose of such real and personal property as may be necessary for its corporate purposes;

(c) To accept gifts, bequests, legacies, and devises which will further the corporate purposes;

(d) To adopt and alter a corporate seal;

(e) To adopt and alter its constitution and bylaws not inconsistent with law; (f) To use in carrying out the purposes of the corporation such emblems and badges as it may adopt;

(g) To establish and maintain offices and branch offices for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation;

(h) To establish, regulate, or discontinue subordinate State and Territorial subdivisions and local units; and

(i) To do any and all acts and things necessary and proper to carry into effect the objects and purposes of the corporation.

SEC. 6. Said corporation and its State and local subdivisions shall have the sole and exclusive right to have and to use in carrying out its purposes the name "Regular Veterans Association" and the sole and exclusive right to the use of its corporate seal, emblems, and badges as adopted by said corporation.

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SEC. 7. The right of the Congress of the United States to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved.

SEC. 8. The corporation may acquire any or all of the existing assets of the organization known as "Regular Veterans Association" upon discharging or satisfactorily providing for the payment and discharge of all its liabilities.

SEC. 9. The said corporation shall, on or before the 1st day of January each year, make and transmit to the Congress a report of its proceedings for the preceding calendar year, including a full and complete report of its receipts and expenditures.

SEC. 10. The provisions of this Act shall take effect on the filing in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, of affidavits signed by the incorporators named in section 1, or their successors, to the effect that the corporation of the District of Columbia known as the "Regular Veterans Association" has been dissolved in accordance with law, but only if such affidavits are filed within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 1945. Attest:

[H. R. 2538, 79th Cong., 1st sess.]

SOUTH TRIMBLE, Clerk.

AN ACT To incorporate The Mothers of World War Number Two, to set forth and establish the purposes and aims of the organization, fixing its corporate powers and establishing the rights of membership, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled, That the following persons, namely: Mrs. Gretta Roush, founder, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mrs. Ruby Dinwoodie, Gary, Indiana; Mrs. Cora Maybaum, Gary, Indiana; Mrs. Ethel Martin, Gary, Indiana; Mrs. Robert Usher, Gary, Indiana; Mrs. J. W. Whitlow, Gary, Indiana; Mrs. Bernice Kewley, Geneseo, Illinois; Mrs. Reta McDonald, Elkhart, Indiana; Mrs. John Lind, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Mrs. W. B. Jones, Saint Joseph, Michigan; Mrs. Marian Scott, Wellston, Ohio; Mrs. Lola M. Agal, Bellflower, California; Mrs. Gertrude Warrick, Valentine, Nebraska; Mrs. B. F. Kinman, Williamstown, Kentucky; Mrs. Bertha Clow, Kahoka, Missouri; Mrs. Georgia Kellogg, Hutchinson, Kansas; Mrs. Norah Blakely, Wichita, Texas; Mrs. Edith Sessions, Saint Petersburg, Florida; Mrs. Nellie Jackson, Toledo, Oregon; Mrs. Emily Ensley, Phillipsburg, New Jersey; Mrs. Irene Webb, Wilmington, Delaware; Mrs. Angeline Johnson, Monmouth, Iowa; Mrs. Hannah Rawling, Worcester, Massachusetts; and Mrs. Vivian Fitch, Syracuse, New York; and their associates and successors duly chosen are hereby incorporated and declared to be a body corporate as a national association of women who are the mothers of the men and women who have served, are serving, or will serve in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps or any auxiliary or branch thereof during World War Number Two, by and under the name of the Mothers of World War Number Two, and by such name shall be known and have perpetual succession with the powers, limitations, and restrictions herein contained.

SEC. 2. The persons named in section 1 of this Act, and such other persons as may be selected from among the membership of The Mothers of World War Number Two, an association of women whose sons and daughters served the Allied cause in the Great World War II between the dates of December 7, 1941, and the termination of such war, are hereby authorized to meet and complete the organization of said corporation by the selection of officers, the adoption of a constitution and bylaws, and to do all other things necessary to carry into effect the provisions hereof, at which meeting any person duly accredited as a delegate from any local or State organization of the existing organization known as The Mothers of World War Number Two shall be permitted to participate in the proceedings thereof. SEC. 3. The objects and purposes of this corporation shall be as follows:

(a) To perpetuate and keep alive the spirit that prompted our boys and girls to render world service in World War II.

(b) To maintain the ties of fellowship born of that service and to assist and further patriotic work in our country.

(c) To unite fraternally all mothers who have, or have had, or may have, sons or daughters in the service of the military or naval forces of the United States, or its allies, during World War II, who have the will and desire to work with and for those sons and daughters in maintaining both morale and courage, and to aid in fostering and perpetuating the American way of life.

(d) To aid and assist in teaching the advantages of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the duties and obligations of citizenship.

(e) To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, State, and Nation.

(f) To aid and assist all those who have suffered injury or disability during World War II, and all wars, and their dependents, and to perpetuate the memory of those whose lives have been sacrificed in war service.

(g) To foster and promote good will and understanding among the nations of the world.

(h) To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America.

SEC. 4. The corporation shall hold its meetings at such time and place as the incorporators or their successors shall determine.

SEC. 5. The corporation hereby created shall have the following powers: To have succession until the membership, as hereinafter provided, shall become extinct, with power to sue and be sued in courts of law and equity; to receive, own, hold, use, and dispose of such real estate and personal property as shall be necessary for its corporate purposes; to adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure; to adopt a constitution, bylaws, and regulations to carry out its purposes, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of any State; to use in carrying out the purposes of the corporation such badges and emblems as it may adopt; to establish and maintain offices for the conduct of its business; to establish State, Territorial, and local subdivisions if it so elects; to publish a magazine or other publications, and generally to do any and all such acts and things as may be proper and necessary to carry into effect the purposes of the corporation.

SEC. 6. All of the real and personal property and funds of the corporation held or used for the purposes hereof, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, shall, so long as the same is so used, be exempt from taxes by the United States or any Territory of District thereof. This corporation shall not accept, own, or hold, directly or indirectly, any property, real or personal, except such as may be reasonably necessary for carrying out the purpose of its creation.

SEC. 7. The membership in this organization is limited to women, and no woman shall be or become a member of this corporation unless she is a citizen of the United States, and unless her son or sons, or daughter or daughters of her blood, or that she stand in the relation of a stepmother to those who serve in this war, or that she is a foster mother, after legal adoption, of a son or daughter, who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States, or some auxiliary or branch thereof, or in the military or naval service of its allies, during the Great World War II, at some period between the 7th day of December 1941, and the date of the termination of such war, both dates inclusive, he or she having an honorable discharge fron such service, or who is still in the service.

SEC. 8. This organization shall be nonpolitical, and as an organization it shall not promote the candidacy of any person seeking public office.

SEC. 9. The corporation shall, on or before the 1st day of January in each year, make and transmit to the Congress a report of its proceedings for the preceding calendar year, including a full and complete report of its receipts and expenditures. Said report shall not be printed as a public document.

SEC. 10. As a condition precedent to the exercise of any power or privilege herein granted or conferred, the corporation shall file in the office of the secretary of each State the name and post-office address of an authorized agent in such State upon whom local process or demands against The Mothers of World War Number Two may be served.

SEC. 11. This charter shall take effect upon its being accepted by a majority vote of the incorporators named herein, who shall be present at the first meeting of the corporation, due notice of which meeting shall be given to each of the incorporators named herein, and a notice of such acceptance shall be given by said corporation, causing a certificate to that effect, signed by the president and secretary, to be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

SEC. 12. Congress may from time to time alter, repeal, or modify any and all laws with respect to this incorporation, but no contract or individual right made or acquired shall thereby be divested or impaired. Passed the House of Representatives June 19, 1945. Attest:

SOUTH TRIMBLE,

Clerk.

By H. NEWLIN MEGILL.